Macroschisma

Genus of gastropods From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Macroschisma, common name the narrow slot limpets, is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets.[1][2]

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Macroschisma
Macroschisma tasmaniae
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Gastropoda
Subclass: Vetigastropoda
Order: Lepetellida
Superfamily: Fissurelloidea
Family: Fissurellidae
Subfamily: Fissurellinae
Genus: Macroschisma
Gray, 1835
Type species
Patella macroschisma
Lightfoot, 1786
Synonyms[1]
  • Dolichoschisma Iredale, 1940
  • Forolepas Iredale, 1940
  • Macroschisma Agassiz, 1846
  • Machrochisma (misspelling)
  • Macrochisma [sic] (misspelling)
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Species

Species within the genus Macroschisma include:[1]

Macroschisma munitum
Species brought into synonymy

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